apterous history: June 2010
Here's your handy cut-out-and-keep guide to the events of June 2010.
In the news...
- 6th June. Richard Everley joined.
- 7th June. Tiebreak conundrums are now likely to be harder, but also get easier with each successive unsolved one.
- 7th June. Matt Morrison is organising an Apterous World Cup. Each player represents a country, with the games to be played out just like the structure of the forthcoming football world cup. There are 16 places left so if you'd like to play, or would like further information, please check the forum. Entries on the forum only please.
- 8th June. Recommend a friend to apterous and you can both get a discounted subscription! See our recommendation page for more details.
- 8th June. Tom S joined.
- 11th June. Send email directly from apterous. Useful for organising tournament games. To send someone an email, click the "Send Email" button on their user page. The recipient's email address is not disclosed unless they choose to reply.
- 15th June. David Jones and Chris Hare joined.
- 17th June. Get beefily facetious with our new variant, Aegilops! (Expect some lag this evening).
- 22nd June. Nasty Conundrum Attack (under Miscellany): all nine-letter words without anagrams are permitted.
- 23rd June. Portuguese!
- 25th June. Tom Havercroft joined.
- 26th June. Hebrew!
- 27th June. Lexplorer: Languages.
- 28th June. Cap on outstanding games versus bots to prevent Games In Progress getting flooded.
- 29th June. Happy Birthday apterous! We're two years old today. Thanks to everyone who's played and supported us in that time. Did anyone bring a cake?
- 29th June. Records by beatability is now ranked and links directly to the high score games for each format.
Pro Ranks
The top three players at the end of the month:-
1st. Kirk Bevins
2nd. Dale Levell
3rd. Innis Carson
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Monthly Top Scores
| Format | Top score | Popularity |
|---|---|---|
| Old 15 | 142 by James Robinson | 8,040 games with 237 players |
| Aegilops 15 | 148 by Matt Hamer | 328 games with 60 players |
| Conundrum Attack | 200 by Kirk Bevins ×2 200 by Jack Hurst | 414 games with 57 players |
| 9 Rounder | 86 by Chris Davies | 327 games with 54 players |
| Numbers Attack | 200 by Jim B | 279 games with 44 players |
| Aegilops 9 | 90 by Matt Hamer | 130 games with 41 players |
| Goatdown Standard | 157 by Ryan Taylor | 124 games with 34 players |
| Bullet Conundrum Attack | 150 by Chris Davies | 105 games with 34 players |
| Speed 9 | 71 by Edward McCullagh | 140 games with 31 players |
| Speed Conundrum Attack | 200 by Chris Davies 200 by Dale Levell | 122 games with 28 players |
Only the month's 10 most popular formats are shown.
Facts and Figures
This month, apterous gained 36 new users, taking us to 1,475 in total. A total of 219,767 rounds were played over 15,830 games.
The Duel was won by Innis Carson with 2099 points from 30 games. Second was Kirk Bevins with 1958 points from 27 games, and third Edward McCullagh with 1836 points from 30 games.
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